StevePark

Make your mind up!

Nicki P, Malcolm Hogg, Brent Werner, Jesper Olsen, Stu Swales, Jonny Swales, Steven Jones (just 4 matches), James Birkinshaw, David McAllan (10 matches), Chris Readshaw (3 matches).

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Similar to the year (1998) when we had Nicki P at number one and Malcolm Hogg at number two. Didn't win much that year, though!

Which would leave just 22.61 for the last 5 riders

Bit late. Matt Williamson was announced as first signing at 4 o'clock.

Not what Mrs Lambert told me !

Depends which division in Poland. Top flight ride on a Sunday, but, I believe, the lower divisions ride midweek (Thursday?).

First signing announced tomorrow: https://twitter.com/OfficialComets/status/796723254404771840

Is he their new number 7?

Jake Knight was in the Sheffield declared 1-7 at the start of the 2013 season, but failed to achieve a 3.00 average. Not sure what figure he actually ended up on.

Simon Nielsen has (also) retired.

You could have a 2 pointer instead of the bottom 3 pointer then that would fit. Big gamble though.

Didn't stop him guesting for us though did it?

Minimum of two Brits in a team in both Leagues in 2017 also announced. https://twitter.com/SpeedwayGB/status/795573985102663680

A Talk-in has been arranged. George English will enlighten us to what happened (rules wise!) at the AGM and will answer questions from the floor. http://www.newcastlediamonds.co/home.asp

I'm pretty sure that they were all classed as "guests" so won't have attained a "proper average."

DP should start on a 2.00 (if I've read it correctly) as he didn't achieve the minimum 3.00 point ave.

That was because Ian Thomas ran both clubs.

The PL format of 2016 is to be used in both league in 2017.

How about geography? Let's say Glasgow win the play-off and are promoted. Their 'local derby' would be against....... Belle Vue or one of the Midlands teams

Teams who can afford to pay, will pay (IF indeed they want 'mega-bucks'). It will only help the 'likes of Workington' when that team visits Derwent Park and a few extra people go along to watch riders who they think might be exciting to watch and/or because they haven't seen them in the PL/Championship for a while

The two northern groups only had 3 teams in them, so that's 'only' 4 matches!

So, after a few teams struggled (and in a few cases failed) to get in 24 League matches in to what was the Premier League, before the cut-of date for the Play-offs, they are hoping to fit in 36 matches in 2017. They've changed the name of the top two divisions (we await what the NL will be called). Everyone will have one average (but haven't explained, once the season starts how the averages will be worked out, presumably this will follow). They've brought back promotion/relegation (that didn't work the last they tried it). And that's 'a major revamp.' I'm sure (as always) more will follow, but I don't see how that is all going to get the fans flooding (back) through the turnstiles.

They have asked (at the AGM) to be able to run on Saturday night. Doesn't mean to say that they will.